The arrangement or organization of things into groups; in shipping, the combining of smaller shipments into larger groups for efficiency.
From group + -age (French suffix from Latin '-aticum,' meaning collection or action). Shipping term from the 20th century for consolidation practices.
Groupage in shipping is a brilliant economic hack—by waiting to collect smaller shipments and sending them together, freight companies can undercut direct shipping while still making huge profits.
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